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cave in

[keyv-in] / ˈkeɪvˌɪn /


















VERB
implode
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Her first eclipse, seen in 2006 from a cave in Cappadocia, Turkey, made Whitman Check hyperventilate and her husband cry.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

Blasted into 1.9 billion-year-old stable bedrock in Eurajoki, southwest Finland, the geological repository for spent nuclear waste -- dubbed Onkalo which means "cave" in Finnish -- is nearly ready to start operations.

From Barron's Jun. 1, 2026

Rescuers are racing against time to free seven people who have been trapped for nearly a week in a flooded cave in Laos.

From BBC May 26, 2026

The site is also close to a cave in the Wye Valley where some of the earliest evidence of post-ice-age humans in Britain was discovered.

From Science Daily May 13, 2026

Although there was no roof to cave in on him, Jonathan put his arms over his head as he fell.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret




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